N.J. Stat. tit. 2A, ch. 51

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N.J. Stat. § 2A:51-1 When authorized; proof required

2A:51-1. Where a mortgage on real estate or chattels, or both, is recorded in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of any county, the Superior Court in a summary or other action brought by any mortgagor or party in interest may direct the county clerk or register to cancel the mortgage of record, provided the plaintiff shall: a. Present satisfactory proof that the principal and interest due on the mortgage have been fully paid; or b. Deposit with the clerk of the Superior Court in the county in which the mortgage is of record any balance of principal and interest due on the mortgage according to the terms thereof; or c. Present such special circumstances as to satisfy the court that the mortgagee and his successors, if any, in right, title and interest have no further interest in the mortgage or the debt secured thereby. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.106.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:51-2 Record entry of cancellation by county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages

When the judgment for the cancellation of record of a mortgage, or a certified copy thereof, is filed or recorded, with the county clerk or the office of the register of deeds and mortgages, if any, of the county in which the mortgage is of record, and the money due on the mortgage, if any, deposited as required by the judgment, the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages shall discharge and cancel of record the mortgage, and shall enter on the margin of the record or registry of the mortgage, and opposite thereto the words "canceled by judgment" , entering the date of the judgment and filing, or recording the certified copy as above provided. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:51-3 Record entry of cancellation by county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages where lands transferred to another county

Where, after the recording of any mortgage on real estate in any county in this state, the real estate so mortgaged shall, by an act of the legislature, be set off to another county or be transferred to the territorial limits thereof, and an action or other proceeding for the cancellation of such mortgage is or has been instituted in the county in which the mortgaged real estate is situate at the time of the institution of the proceeding, and a judgment or order in such proceeding is or has been made for the cancellation of the mortgage, the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, of the county in which the mortgage so canceled is of record, shall, upon the production and filing of a copy of such judgment or order for cancellation, certified to be a true copy by the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of the county in which the mortgaged real estate is situate at the time of the entry of the judgment or order, cancel and discharge the record of the mortgage and enter on the margin of the record or registry thereof, and opposite thereto, the words "canceled by judgment" , entering the date of such judgment or order and of the filing of the certified copy thereof. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:51-4 Proceedings in county where mortgaged real estate situate valid although mortgage of record in another county

Any action instituted for the cancellation of a mortgage in the county in which the mortgaged real estate may be situate, shall, although the record of the mortgage so canceled may be in the county in which the real estate was situate at the time of the recording thereof, be as valid and effectual for the cancellation of the record of such mortgage in the county in which the same may be recorded, as if the proceedings had been instituted in the county in which the mortgage was recorded. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:51-5 Payment of money deposited with county clerk; application; court order

Upon application of a person claiming to be entitled to moneys deposited pursuant to section 2A:51-1 of this title, the court wherein the money is deposited may make such order for the payment to him of the money, or any portion thereof, with accrued interest, as it may deem proper. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

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